Second Follow-up CT

I've got a CT scan next week on June 10th. My Hodgkin's friend, Erica (who just so happens to be a radiation technician at my same hospital - it's how we met) will be working that day, so I can go chat with her while I drink the pre-scan barium. It'll make it a little more bearable. :)

Paige

Clean (again!)

This is a little belated, but my first follow-up scans from earlier this month came back CLEAN!

Also, my bald spots have grown in and my eyebrows and eyelashes are full again (even though most people couldn't tell they had thinned)! Hats are once again an accessory, not a necessity. Hooray!

Oh, and the leg & armpit hair is back in full force, but I could do without that.

- Paige

HAPPY PORT OUT DAY!

My PowerPort was officially removed today! It's strange to look at where it was and not see a lump anymore. Sure, right now it's covered in a cotton ball and tagaderm, but there's nothing thrusting up out of my chest anymore!



I was awake for the entire operation, and it was performed in a basic examination room so I wasn't under a tent in a huge operating room like when it was put in.

THIS DOOR HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED.

Cancer-free's the way to be!

I was declared tumor-free on December 18th!!

Trevor found out the next morning he had passed his final CPA exam!!

Long story short, we had mimosas for breakfast.

My hair is starting to come back. I have to shave my armits and legs again (not exactly happy about that, but I'm happy that things are getting back to normal). I never lost all of my hair, but it's really thin on top so I wear hats a lot. My hair is long enough in the back, though, that I can wear two itty bitty pigtails! I think it will become my standard hairstyle for awhile, otherwise I just have a mullet. SWEET.

My next scans are in March... I'll try to update before then. :o)